Bibliology: “From Temporal Letters to Eternal Life”

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TODAY’S STUDY“It is the design of the Hebrew Scripture to proclaim MESSIAH JESUS and to protect that GOSPEL.”

MESSIAH JESUSJohn 5:39 You search the Scriptures because you think

that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, 40 yet you refuse to come

to me that you may have life.

Polemic | Defense [-]

Apologetic | Offense [+]

The Hebrew

Scriptures are

Proclaiming MESSIAH JESUS

and . . .

. . .

Protectingthat GOSPEL.

POINT• The Hebrew Scriptures

contain the only answer to life’s most perplexing question.

POINT• The Hebrew Scriptures

tell a Single Story and at the Center of this Storyis MESSIAH JESUS.

POINTMESSIAH JESUS is . . . • the SubjectSubjectSubjectSubject of that Story;

• the HingeHingeHingeHinge to History; and

• the ElixirElixirElixirElixir of Life.

With Jesus

W/o Jesus

W o r l d v i e w

POINT• 17 Though the fig tree should not blossom,

nor fruit be on the vines,the produce of the olive fail

and the fields yield no food,the flock be cut off from the fold

and there be no herd in the stalls,18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD;

I will take joy in the God of my salvation.19 GOD, the Lord, is my strength;

he makes my feet like the deer's;he makes me tread on my high places [Habakkuk 3].

one Story | one Savior

From God To Us“How We Received Our Bibles”

1|Revelation

2|InspirationPreservation

3|CanonicityTextual Criticism

Translation|4

Gutenberg|5

Communication|6

2 Tim. 3:16SCRIPTURE [ OT! N T? ]

GrapheGrapheGrapheGraphe = WritingsEng. = Graphics | Graphite | Graphs

SCRIPTURE | GrapheMatthew 4

Mark 4

Luke 4

John 12

Acts 7

Total 51

SCRIPTURE | Graphe

Romans 7

1 Corinthians 2

Galatians 3

1 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 1

James 3

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 3:16 Peter refers to Paul’s

Writings as Scripture 2

JOHN 537 And the Father who sent me has himself bornewitness about me. His voice you have never heard, hisform you have never seen, 38 and you do not have hisword abiding in you, for you do not believe the onewhom he has sent. 39 You search the Scripturesbecause you think that in them you have eternal life;and it is they that bear witness about me, 40 yet yourefuse to come to me that you may have life.

JOHN 5• Search – to investigate; to seek. “The word translated "search" here means to "search diligently" or "search

anxiously." It was applied to miners, who search for precious metals - who look anxiously for the "bed" of the ore with an intensity or anxiety proportionate to "their sense" of the value of the metal. Compare the notes at Job 28:3. It is applied by Homer to a lioness robbed of her whelps, and who "searches" the plain to "trace out" the footsteps of the man who has robbed her. It is also applied by him to dogs tracing their game by searching them out by the scent of the foot. It means a diligent, faithful, anxious investigation.” Barnes' Notes on the Bible on John 5:39.

• The verb ἐρεῦναν is used (John 7:52; 1 Peter 1:11; Romans 8:27; 1 Corinthians 2:10) for minute, prolonged search. The kind of investigation which the rabbis spent upon the text and letter of the Holy Scriptures is a proverb, and led to the allegorical mystical meanings of the Genesisaras and other Hebrew literature. Pulpit Commentary on John 5:39.

• Bear witness – martureo – “They are they which testify of me: they (saith our Saviour) are my principal testimony; he doth not only say, they testify, but they are they which testify. No writings but those testify of me; I principally appeal to them to give you an account of me.” Matthew Poole's Commentary on John 5:39.

LUKE 2427 Then beginning with Moses and with allthe prophets, He explained to them thethings concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.32 They said to one another, "Were not ourhearts burning within us while He wasspeaking to us on the road, while He wasexplaining the Scriptures to us?“

LUKE 24Explained / Explaining - v. 27 diermeneuo, [compound = dia + ermeneuo] to explainthoroughly, by implication, to translate:--expound, interpret(-ation)

“From the great first gospel of Genesis 3:15, to the last utterance of the last of the Prophetsannouncing the coming of Elijah (Malachi 4:5), with special stress, doubtless, on prophecies,such as those of Psalms 16, 22, Isaiah 53, that spoke of sufferings and of death as belongingto the perfect picture of the Servant of the Lord, and the ideal King, the unfolding of thedivine purpose was now made clear to those who before had been “slow of heart tobelieve.”” Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers on Luke 24:27.

v. 32 - dianoigo, [compound = dia + anoigo] to open thoroughly, literally (as a first-born) orfiguratively (to expound):--open.

“The tense both of this and of the other verbs implying a continuous and not a momentarystate or act.” Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers on Luke 24:32.

LUKE 2444 Now He said to them, "These are Mywords which I spoke to you while I was stillwith you, that all things which are writtenabout Me in the Law of Moses and theProphets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.“ 45Then He opened their minds to understandthe Scriptures,

LUKE 24v. 45 opened - v. 32 - dianoigo, [compound = dia +anoigo] to open thoroughly, literally (as a first-born) or figuratively (to expound):--open.

TTorah[Instruction]

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

NNevim

[Prophets]

Joshua

Judges

Samuel

Kings

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

12 Minor Prophets

KKethuvim

[Writings]

Psalms

Proverbs

Job

Song of Solomon

Ruth

Lamentations

Ecclesiastes

Esther

Daniel

Ezra | Nehemiah

Chronicles

Philip | Paul | Apollos• Ac 8:32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a

sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.

• Ac 17: 2 And according to Paul's custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and giving evidence that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ."

• Ac 18:24 ¶ And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. 28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.

Philip | Paul | Apollos• Ac 8:31 – guides me – hodegeo – to lead the way

• Mt 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. [cf. Luke 6:39]

• Joh 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

• Re 7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto

living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

• V. 35 – preach – euaggelizo – to announce good news

• Ac 17:2, 3 – dialegomai “To say thoroughly”; dianoigo; paratithemi “To place alongside”

• Ac 18:24, 28 convinced – “To prove downright”

one Story | one Savior

POINTThe Hebrew Scriptures are proclaiming proclaiming proclaiming proclaiming MESSIAH JESUS and protecting protecting protecting protecting thatGOSPEL.

Gathered For WORSHIP[“Come and See” The Defense - Protection]

Scattered For MISSION[“Go and Tell” The Offense + Promotion]

Acts 1:8 But you will

receive power when

the Holy Spirit has

come upon you, and

you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem

and in all Judea and

Samaria, and to the

end of the earth.”